Essay: Imagine you are an infection control expert and Steven Spielberg has just hired you as a consultant for his new movie "SARS Madness". You are to direct the actors and actresses in how the disease of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) would appear, and how it would be treated in a healthcare setting. The setting of this true-to-life movie is to take place in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Mr. Spielberg requested that you brief the actors and actresses (via a written essay, which should have citations and references) on the following:
1. What is the agent that cause SARS?
2. How might an individual be exposed to this disease? How would it be diagnosed?
3. What would the symptoms be? Elaborate on what the "patients should look like".
4. How would a modern hospital handle this disease as to avoid further contamination? Please elaborate on isolation practices.
5. What would the medical treatment be? Propose possible mortality statistics.